Bay's the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time

Rating: 6/10 (31 July 2005)

Michael Bay is so, so, SO incredibly frustrating. He's able to present outrageous and breath-taking action sequences, but give the guy a script with plot and the need for thought and he's got no chance of making a good movie.
Honestly, he reminds me of a teenage boy  he's only got one setting.
I think I enjoyed all his movies until Bad Boys II - which was just violent for violence's sake.
The premise of the Island is fantastic (although not entirely new), the look and set design is amazing  I loved where they lived, the look of the city in the future - just as crappy, but obviously moving forward with technology.
But Michael Bay simply can't make a movie without blowing something up every couple of minutes. What begins as a fascinating sci-fi film ends up an action movie, which essentially ruins it.
While great chunks of The Island are fantastic, and McGregor and Johansson act it well, Bay was the wrong choice as director.
And what THE HELL was with all the product placement? I couldn't believe how obvious it was - at one point, Tom Lincoln picks up a bottle of water and takes a deep, obviously refreshing drink. A very expensive advert.